Believe it or not, the only thing I had to purchase were the dowel rods for the drum sticks. Everything else I had... ugh.
I made sure all my canisters were clean. If they had a label I could peel off, I did. If the label did not come off, I covered the canister with a decorative paper. I prepared enough supplies to make 20 drums! And we made them all.
I screwed a hole into the end of the corks, and stuck the dowel rod into the end. The children covered the corks with fabric, and used rubber bands to fasten them. Feathers were added for fun!

This one, I did most of the preparation ahead of time. I covered the boxes in decorative paper. I cut all the holes in the center of the boxes, and slits at the top to hold the "neck". The kids only had to decorate and add the rubber bands for it to make a sound.